Human Threats to Corals: Corals Tutorial

Human-caused, or anthropogenic activities, are major threats to coral reefs. Pollution, overfishing, destructive fishing practices using dynamite or cyanide, collecting live corals for the aquarium market, mining coral for building materials , and a warming climate are some of the many ways that people damage reefs all around the world every day.

Coral reefs in some parts of the world actually benefit from warming El Niño events •

How does pollution threaten coral reefs?

Law Student Paper Series — Colorless Coral: The Legal Landscape of Protecting Florida's Coral from Human Impacts - Animal Legal Defense Fund

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One Million Corals for Colombia': the largest ocean reef restoration project in the Americas Un millón de corales por Colombia: El proyecto de restauración oceánica más grande de las Américas UN

The Current State of Coral Reefs, Blog, Nature

Coral bleaching, Definition, Causes, Consequences, & Facts

Frontiers Coral Reef Ecosystems under Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

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Threats to corals - CORDAP

Environmental Justice Foundation

The Value of U.S. Coral Reefs for Risk Reduction

State of the Reef Address 2023: Urgent Need for Action to Protect Coral Reefs - Coral Reef Alliance